Proust and the Squid
A path breaking study of the brain and how the invention of reading has altered man's evolution. We were never born to read, says Maryanne Wolf. How the brain learned to read is a startling reminder of the amazing achievements of humankind. Human beings invented reading only… Celý popis ↓
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Proust and the Squid
A path breaking study of the brain and how the invention of reading has altered man's evolution. We were never born to read, says Maryanne Wolf. How the brain learned to read is a startling reminder of the amazing achievements of humankind.
Human beings invented reading only a few thousand years ago. No specific genes ever dictated readings development. And with this invention, we changed the very organisation of our brain, which in turn expanded the ways we were able to think, which altered the intellectual evolution of our species.
In Proust and the Squid, Maryanne Wolf explores our b
Parametre
- Autor
- Maryanne Wolf
- Jazyk
- anglické
- Počet strán
- 320
- Rok vydania
- 2008
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